# Amputations at Schleifring Medical Systems, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022109552` · 10/31/2022 · ELGIN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Schleifring Medical Systems, LLC
- **Location:** 1420 Crispin Dr., ELGIN, ILLINOIS, 60123
- **NAICS:** 423450
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's glove was caught on the rotating spindle of a computer numerical control (CNC) machine, resulting in the amputation of two fingertips and a broken finger.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*